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A week after teasing the Internet with a cryptic tweet about unveiling “the D,” Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk on Thursday night finally explained what he meant, debuting a new, dual-motor version of the Model S sedan with all-wheel drive. At an event in Los Angeles County, Musk said the improvements — offered as an […] …

The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee is an anomaly. Here is a big, two-and-a-half ton SUV, a brawny, muscle-bound car with A-pillars thicker than a wrestler’s arm and a step up into the cabin that would challenge acrobats. It’s a no-nonsense truck. But it’s also a dainty fuel-sipper. At least, the turbocharged V6 EcoDiesel is a […] …

At first blush, it may not look like it, but this weekend’s classic sports car racing at Sonoma Raceway is designed to appeal as much to children as it does to grown-up children. The Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG), which organizes this event, calls the race weekend the “Charity Challenge” – over the past nine […] …

Such is the celebrity of Elon Musk that the Tesla Motors CEO can get the Internet buzzing by saying a single letter. Or in this case, tweeting it. Late Wednesday, Musk posted a cryptic tweet suggesting that the electric automaker would make a product announcement — or possibly two — on Oct. 9. About time […] …

For 20 years, the Ford Crown Victoria was the company’s standard sedan, the bread-and-butter car (not to mention the car that most cops used, and still use). The Crown Vic is largely history, but it did grow on us, with its distinctive cop-car shape and massive appearance. Now the distinctive Ford is the Fusion – […] …

It’s a legend in American automobile history. Just the name Duesenberg conjures up images of a huge, stately convertible, resplendent with wide whitewalls and a huge engine, rolling down the streets of Beverly Hills, a movie star at the helm. (Clark Gable, James Cagney and Mae West, among others, owned Duesenbergs.) In 1913, the Duesenberg […] …

I once knew a man who did not like what he called the “technical side of living.” This meant that, among other annoyances, he didn’t want to deal with the occasional chores that required the use of tools; further, he had little understanding of what to do with tools. So he bought what he thought […] …

There aren’t that many truly rare and exotic race cars left out there, especially if they’re more than 40 years old. The Ferrari 250GTO from 1962 to 1964 comes to mind (fewer than three dozen examples are still around.) The 250GTO is, yes, a race car but is also pretty streetable. Which brings us to […] …

In this age of pampering, of the soft ride, the abundance of leather, the automatic everything (the “automatic earth,” as Paul Simon put it), it’s refreshing to know that there is still a sport utility vehicle that hasn’t gone completely over to the dark side. We’re speaking here of Toyota’s venerable 4Runner, an SUV that’s […] …

It’s something of an anomaly. We’re used to the snarling, zillion-horsepower engines of Formula One cars, the exquisite sound of drivers hitting 15,000 RPM or more, the gear changes ringing in the changing pitch of the motors as the drivers gear down and scream out of that chicane. How about race cars that you can’t […] …